Buckhorn Middle School

Buckhorn Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school in New Market, Alabama, part of Madison County. Current enrollment sits at 701 students spanning grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 508 students each, so Buckhorn Middle School sits 38% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 28 schools in Madison County (20,691 students total), Buckhorn Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Buckhorn Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 24% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% Native American, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Buckhorn Middle School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Buckhorn Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Buckhorn Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.0%, the actual is 46.6%, a residual of -12.3 points.

In the broader community, Madison County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,499, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Buckhorn Middle School is one of 89 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students).

The closest other public school is Buckhorn High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Buckhorn Middle School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 669 students in 2018 compared to 701 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 62% to 56% over that span.

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